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J. ROHL N. RAIL JOINT.

No. 587,235. Patented July 27, 1897.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN ROHLIN, OF EUREKA, KANSAS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO A. E. SHAW, OFSAME PLACE.

' RAIL-JOINT.

SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent No. 587,235, dated July 27,1897. Application 'filed May 13,1897. Serial No. 636,344. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern} Be it known that I, JOHN ROHLIN, a citizenof the United States, residingat Eureka, in the county of Greenwood andState of Kansas, have invented a new and useful Rail-Joint, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in rail-joints.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction ofrail-joints and to provide a simple and inexpensive one which willsupport the ends of the rails and form practically a continuous rail andprevent the wheels of a train from wearing and injuring the rail endsand avoid jar and noise in passing over the same.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination andarrangement of parts, as hereinafter fully described, illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claim hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a rail-jointconstructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a transversesectional view. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the chair portion. Fig.4 is a similar view of one end of a rail. Fig. 5 is a detail perspectiveview of the fish-plate.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in the severalfigures of the drawings.

1 1 designate the meeting ends of rails, which are supported by ahorizontal plate 2 and secured thereon between an integral angle or fishplate 3 and a removable angle or fish plate 4 by horizontal bolts 5,passing through perforations of the several parts and having theirthreaded ends split at 6 and slightly spread to lock the nuts 7 againstaccidental unscrewing. The horizontal bottom plate 2 and the integralangle or fish plate 3 form a chair for the ends of the rails, which havetheir heads recessed at 8 and receiving a flange or extension 9 of theintegral fish plate,whereby the ends of the rails are bridged andpractically a continuous rail is formed to prevent car-wheels fromstriking and injuring the ends of the rails. By forming a practicallycontinuous rail noise and jar are prevented and injury from such causesto the rollingstock is obviated. The recesses 8 form shoulders 10, whichare arranged adjacent to the ends of the flange or bridge portion of theintegral plate, and sufficient space is provided to allow for theexpansion and contraction of the rails.

The integral and removable fish-plates are provided at their inner faceswith longitudinal convex ribs 11 and 12, which abut against the webs ofthe rails and fit tightly against the same, being held in such closecontact by the horizontal bolts.

The removable fish-plate abuts against a longitudinal rib 13 of thebottom plate 2 and engages under the heads of the rails, and recesses 14are provided at the lower edges of the fish-plates to receive spikes forsecuring the rails to the cross-ties. The rib 13 is arranged at one edgeof the bottom'plate 2, and spike-openings 15 are provided adjacent tothe inner edge of the rib to register with the recesses of thefish-plate 4.

The bottom flanges at one side of the rails are cut away at 16 to form anarrow projecting edge 17, which engages a longitudinal groove or recess19 of the rail-chair, and the terminals of the groove or recess 19 areenlarged at 20 and receive the adjacent portions of the bottom flangesof the rails and firmly hold the same on the chair and prevent anylateral rocking.

It will'be seen that the rail-joint firmly supports the ends of therails and forms, practically, a continuous unbroken rail, that itprevents the wheels of cars from striking and injuring the ends of railsand avoids the jar and noise incident to such concussion, and that thedurability of the rails and the rolling-stock is increased by preventingmuch wear and damage. Furthermore, it will be apparent that the partsare readily assembled and that as the ends of rails are firmly connectedaccidents in a great measure will be prevented; also, it will be clearthat the rails cannot give or settle by .pressure or use and thatfriction on the wheels and rails is reduced to a minimum.

What I claim is- In a rail-joint, the combination of a chair comprisinga bottom plate provided at one of its longitudinal edges with anupwardly-extending rib, and a fish-plate formed integral tension 20thereof, the removable fish-plate engaging under the heads of the railsand abutting against the rib of the bottom plate, and fastening devicespassing through the fish-plates and the Webs of the rails, substan- Itially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affiXedmy signature in r the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN ROIILIN.

WVitnesses:

A. E. SHAW, G. R. STEWART.

